Line-holder.



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LINE HOLDER.

APPLICATION mu) AUG.19| I916.

Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

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MATHIAS SMOLIK, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT ANDMESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO ECONOMY SPECIALTIES COMPANY, A CORPORATION OFDELAWARE.

LIN E-I-IOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 241, 1917.

Application filed August 19, 1916. Serial No. 115,793.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, MATnIAs SMoLIK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburgh, county of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania,1133 8 invented certain new and useful Improvements in Line-Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to line holders and has for its object to providea device of such class, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, fortightly clamping the end of a rope or cable to prevent the slippingthereof until released.

vFurther objects of the invention are to provide a line holder which issimple in its construction and arrangement, strong, durable, efficientand convenient in its use, readily set up, and comparatively inexpe11-sive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists ofthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention,but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modificationscan be resorted to which come within the scope of the claim hereuntoappended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote correspondingthroughout the several views Figure 1 is a perspective view of a lineholder in accordance with this invention and further showing theadaptation thereof in connection with the clothes line, the holder beingsecured to a support.

Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation. Referring to the drawings indetail 1 denotes a plate provided with a depending extension 2 formedwith an opening 3. Projecting upwardly from the plate 1 is a pair ofarms at, 5, each having its outer face formed with an outwardlyextending enlargement 6 provided with a pocket 7. Each of the arms 4, 5,has an opening 8 near its free end.

The reference character 9 denotes a clamping lever having each side,intermeparts diate its end, formed with a laterally projecting lug 10which is seated in a pocket 7 whereby the lever 9 is pivotally connectedwith the plate 1. When the lever 9 is coupled with the plate 1 it isdisposed centrally with respect thereto.

Formed integral with the upper end of the lever 9 is a yoke 11, which ispositioned above the top of the arms 4:, 5, and carried by the lower endof the lever 9 is a transversely extending base 12, provided with a pairof inwardly extending lugs 13, which are adapted to engage in openings14, formed in the plate 1, when the lever 9 is in clamping position andthe lugs 13 are employed to prevent the line 20 from slipping under thehead 12. The lugs 13 are formed integral with the inner face of the base12, and are positioned inwardly with respect to the ends of the base.

The openings 3, 8 are employed for the passage of securing devices 15 tosecure the plate 1 to the support 16.

What I claim is A line clamp comprising a holder provided intermediateits ends with a pair of outwardly extending enlargements each formedwith a pocket, said enlargements spaced from each other, a clampinglever provided at each side and intermediate its ends with a laterallyprojecting lug seated in one of the pockets whereby the lever ispivotally connected with the holder, said holder having formed thereinbetween its lower end and said enlargements a pair of transverse aliningopenings spaced from the sides of the holder, and said clamping leverincluding a transversely extending base having formed integral with itsinner face near each end an inwardly extending lug, said lugs seating insaid openings to prevent slipping of a line from under the base.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

MATHIAS SMOLIK. Witnesses B. J. Moonn, N. L. BOGAN.

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